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simonw

Member Since: 23 Feb 2007
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Had my spare wheel stolen!

Hi

Ive just discovered this excellent forum .....

Ive had my 56 plate RRSport V6HSE for 3 months .. Had a 55 plate RRSport HSE for 9 months before this one but had too many problems with it and after a lot of fighting managed to get the dealer to exchange it for a brand new RR sport ... but thats a different story!

Anyway returned home one eve last week and happened to be walking back up my drive and noticed the spare wheel was missing - i had been driving the car all day and hadnt noticed before. I looked under the car and forund that the whole wheel had been removed .... spoke to my dealer who told me that they had heard of this before - ive had the wheel replaced but is there anyway of avoiding this happening again?? Has anyone else heard of this happening?

Thanks

Fri Feb 23 2007 9:31am

Cliff H

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Was anything cut to remove it?

Would have thought if the cradle was tight it would be very hard to remove the wheel.

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Fri Feb 23 2007 9:34am

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First time I've heard this. You can get a cover for the spare wheel which might deter thieves but I don't think there is a way to stop this happening again. BTW it would be very difficult to nick the wheel unless the spare was put in the wrong way around. 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Fri Feb 23 2007 9:36am

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Welcome Simon,

BAd luck with the wheel, Ive not come across this before, if it happens again give me a shout i have a brand new spare i don't need. some of my Previous cars
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Fri Feb 23 2007 9:37am

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Welcome Simonw sorry to hear your bad news

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Fri Feb 23 2007 9:41am

hartleyhair

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Welcome,

I guess they were just after the tyre, right? The spare wheel itself is naff.

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Fri Feb 23 2007 10:05am

shmoogle

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New one on me too. As long as the supporting cable is wound all the way back in, I'd have said it was virtually impossible to steal it though?

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Fri Feb 23 2007 10:19am

simonw

Member Since: 23 Feb 2007
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Hi

Thanks for your replies

The spare wheel had never been used so was fitted correctly and no they were after the whole wheel as the spare is a normal alloy!

Cost to replace was £700!!

And to make matters worse my wife has just filled it with unleaded .. luckily she realised after putting £25 of unleaded in the car and didnt even turn the key so hopefully its a quick fix ... our dealer has just told me £500 .... but if she had driven it would be more like £6000

Fri Feb 23 2007 10:20am

shmoogle

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Whoops... not a good week for you then generally. I hope Mrs Simonw gets the appropriate punishment (being hung upside down by the toenails usually does it)

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Fri Feb 23 2007 10:23am

MAW

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I thought we'd heard this on here before about the spare...? I followed a sport recently and noticed missing spare but all 4 alloys were fitted ( which voided the theory that he'd had a flat...)

Fri Feb 23 2007 10:30am

shmoogle

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It's worth getting a missing spare reinstated asap, as it forms part of the cars rear crash protection

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Fri Feb 23 2007 10:35am

PauloAmore

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shmoogle wrote:
It's worth getting a missing spare reinstated asap, as it forms part of the cars rear crash protection

Does that mean that a...wait for it.... LPG conversion using the spare wheel well is a no-no?

Fri Feb 23 2007 3:58pm

shmoogle

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I suppose so, yes... it's an interesting point that you raise actually. I've seen that they use the spare wheel cavity for the LPG tank in RRS conversions. I wonder what LRs stance is on that? And also, insurance companies?

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Fri Feb 23 2007 4:01pm

ENVOY

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MAW wrote:
I thought we'd heard this on here before about the spare...? I followed a sport recently and noticed missing spare but all 4 alloys were fitted ( which voided the theory that he'd had a flat...)

Unless like me he has a proper alloy as a spare, and after he changed his flat he put it in the boot, thats what i would do then let the garage fix it and put it back ubderneath

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Fri Feb 23 2007 4:21pm

MAW

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Could be - fair point...

I now check from time to time mine is still there..

Fri Feb 23 2007 7:00pm

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